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"The Scholar Denied" by Aldon D. Morris will be published by University of California Aug. 27. Morris looks at the birth of modern sociology and argues W.E.B. Du Bois' work is the founding of the discipline. Morris is the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University. →"Little Pretty Things" by Lori Rader-Day will be published by Seventh Street July 7. In the mystery, a maid becomes a suspect when her friend is found dead at an inn. Rader-Day lives in Jefferson Park. →"Solitude Creek" by Jeffery Deaver was published by Grand Central May 12. The latest Kathryn Dance novel finds Kathryn investigating...

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"The Scholar Denied" by Aldon D. Morris will be published by University of California Aug. 27. Morris looks at the birth of modern sociology and argues W.E.B. Du Bois' work is the founding of the discipline. Morris is the Leon Forrest...

As dozens of people gathered in Harlem on Sunday to honor two slain New York police officers, President Obama expressed his condolences and the president of the NAACP decried the gunman's claim that he was avenging two unarmed black men who died in...

Teresa Edwards was driving to Bo's Food Market when she spotted the teenager walking along the dirt road. It was getting dark. He was alone. She recognized him as Lennon Lacy, one of her son's best friends. She stopped to ask him if he needed a ride.
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Enjoy an exciting evening of gospel music at the College of Lake County's 31st Annual Salute to Gospel Music program on Feb. 28, featuring singer Donnie McClurkin, who has won three Grammy® Awards, two Dove Awards and the NAACP Image Award for...

A young black man is dead. The police are roundly criticized. Angry protesters march through the streets.
But unlike the deaths of black men in New York and Ferguson, Mo., the death of 17-year-old Lennon Lacy in this tiny lumber town was not known to...

A friend told me about this amazing new trend in Christmas giving, and I just have to share it with you.
This new gift-giving business doesn't involve giving a gift at all. Rather than give a gift wrapped in paper, one that was purchased with hard-earned...

The hanging death of a black teenager in a small North Carolina town will be probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency said on Friday, after his family questioned a finding by local authorities that it was suicide and his mother pleaded to...

It's not Beyonce in front of blazing lights, but "Feminism Unfinished" (Liveright Publishing) should grab our attention.
The new book, subtitled "A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements," is co-authored by three...

Activists protesting police treatment of black Americans concluded a 120-mile march from Ferguson, Missouri, to the Missouri governor's mansion on Friday, ending a "journey for justice" tied to the police killing of an unarmed black...

A member of an East Texas school board has apologized and intends to resign after posting on his Facebook page a picture of a person in Ku Klux Klan attire along with the caption "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas." The Hooks Independent...

Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday that the department would begin testing body cameras on officers within about 60 days as part of a pilot project.McCarthy offered few specifics at a news conference called to highlight crime...

Late on a day when a large column of protesters began a 120-mile march to the governor's mansion and several hundred more laid plans to expand the movement, Officer Darren Wilson announced his resignation from the police force where he served for six...

Activists in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday began a 120-mile march to the state capital to protest the killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer, a case that has rekindled a national debate over U.S. race relations.The seven-day march to...

When we look back on what happened in Ferguson, Mo., during the summer of 2014, it will be easy to think of it as yet one more episode of black rage ignited by yet another police killing of an unarmed African-American male.
But that has it precisely...

In honor of Chicago Ideas Week, which ended Sunday, let us celebrate a different kind of Chicago idea.
All praise to CIW, an annual gathering of brainy people who lead public sessions intended to inspire new ideas.
But there are plenty of Chicagoans who...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday denied a request to block a Texas law requiring residents to show certain forms of identification before they vote, a measure that supporters say prevents voter fraud but opponents decry as discriminatory....

A reported spike in voter registration numbers in Ferguson, Missouri, since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer was the result of an error by election officers, state officials said on Wednesday.
The St. Louis County...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed new voting restrictions, considered among the nation's most stringent, to go into effect.
The court, with two of the nine justices dissenting, granted a last-minute request by state officials seeking to block...

The DuPage County NAACP Youth Works Program and Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare will host, "So you think you want a career in healthcare?" on Saturday, October 18, 8 a.m.-12 noon at Elmhurst Hospital, 155 E. Brush Hill Rd. in Elmhurst.
The...

The DuPage County NAACP Youth Works Program and Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare will host, "So you think you want a career in healthcare?" on Saturday, October 18, 8 a.m.-12 noon at Elmhurst Hospital, 155 E. Brush Hill Rd. in Elmhurst.
The...